Photo: the intercept.com
Subsidizing Cruelty
You’d be surprised what your taxes might be supporting. Photo: pri.org
Breaking the Bonds of Captivity
World’s first permanent rehabilitation center for formerly captive dolphins – Bali, Indonesia. Photo credit: Dolphinproject.com
Depriving Evil of its Lifeblood
Photo: Dolphin Project and the Life Investigation Agency (Japan)
Silencing Compassion
Farmed animals in Canada are facing a significant new threat. The trend towards what is now known as “ag gag” laws has been gaining momentum in recent years. Such laws are designed to allow farms to practice business-as-usual and to silence whistleblowers who might otherwise bring to light cases of neglect and abuse. In a country where we’ve long taken free speech rights for granted, this development is nothing short of astonishing. And as a precedent it’s certainly troubling. It’s almost as if Canadians value access to cheaper meat over on our own rights to freedom of expression. And as far as compassion for other species...
Personhood Rights for Dolphins
Dolphins are not cargo or commodities. They are not assets a marine park can enter on a balance sheet. You cannot ‘own’ one, or list it in your inventory. They are independent individuals, with a right to their lives and their liberty. They are entitled to the opportunity to live unhindered in an environment that’s not being radically altered by human activity. In short, they are persons – albeit nonhuman persons. Nevertheless, legally and in almost every place on earth, none of these things are the case. Most likely one day, but certainly not yet. Seven years ago – in 2013 – India took the lead...